Zante, 30 May. The French naval force commanded by de Rigny found 8 May in
the waters van Navarino the very damaged and shocked Turkish fleet after the
defeat off Modon by the fire ships of the Greek division commanded by Miaulis. The newspaper Allgemeine Zeitung published a news item dated Trieste, 24
June according to which the captain Pasha was sighted 4 June off Cerigo
apparently going to the Gulf of Lepanto. A second item dated Trieste 27 June
reported that according to the newest tidings from Zante dated until the 17th
the Captain pasha after the defeat at Cape d'Oro anchored off Suda, Candia
still watched by Sachturi. There were however no tidings that the Greek fleet
was sighted in the Ionian waters.
